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Voters say yes to new elementary SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
Voters in the Oregon School District overwhelmingly approved two referendums Tuesday to fund a new K-6 elementary school in Fitchburg. The next step for district officials now will be getting construction plans out to bid. With every Dane County precinct reporting, along with those in Rock and Green counties, the unofficial count as of late Tuesday night was 7,675 to 4,208 in favor of Question 1 – purchasing land and building the school – by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. Question 2, exceeding revenue limits for operations and maintenance of the school, passed by a slightly slimmer margin, and 7,416 to 4,456. The first question asked for $44.9 million in funding to pay for construction and equipping a new elementary school in Fitchburg, off the Lacy Road interchange in the
Terravessa development, as well as purchasing land parcels for it. That money will also pay for land around the U.S. Hwy. 14 and County Hwy. MM interchange for a future grades 6-8 middle school. The second recurring question asked for $2.1 million per year starting in 2020 to pay for operation and maintenance expenses of the new elementary school. The fast-growing northern part of the district was the focus for this year’s referendum, which will now likely be followed by another in a few years to build a new middle school to keep up with an expected surge of growth that could raise the district’s student population from around 4,000 to more than 6,000 by 2030. If the middle school referendum is approved, that would set in motion several changes, with all elementary schools going to a K-5 model, as well as Rome Corners Intermediate (currently grades 4-5), while Oregon Middle School (currently grades 7-8) would add sixth-graders.
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The Oregon boys soccer team celebrates after beating New Berlin Eisenhower 3-1 to win the WIAA Division 2 state championship at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee.
State champs again
Oregon defeats New Berlin Eisenhower 3-1 to win the title The Oregon boys soccer team won its third state title in program history Saturday, defeating New Berlin Eisenhower in the WIAA Division 2 state championship game. The Panthers got two goals
from senior Madison Conduah and another from senior Colin McCombs on a penalty kick on the way to a 3-1 victory at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee. It’s the team’s first state title since 2013.
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Spotlight: 100 Years Ago
Oregon area reflected, rejoiced at the end of ‘The World War’ SCOTT DE LARUELLE
upwards of 40 million lives, the conflict known by some as the “War to End All Wars” was called simply Of course, no one thought of call- “The World War.” And its end, Nov. 11, 1918 – 100 years ago Sunday ing it “World War I” at the time. No, after more than four years Turn to WWI/Page 13 of apocalyptic warfare that cost Unified Newspaper Group
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